Member of the European Economic and Social Committee since: 21/09/2015

Biography:

Justice and home affaires, criminal policy
European structural funds,
Human rights and democratic society,
Fight against corruption and frauds,
Research and innovation,
Civil society engagement,
EU enlargement.
One of the firs areas of inter

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Justice and home affaires, criminal policy
European structural funds,
Human rights and democratic society,
Fight against corruption and frauds,
Research and innovation,
Civil society engagement,
EU enlargement.
One of the firs areas of interest is developing a single market with high standards of accountability, predictability and transparency including integrity in organizational standards. DG Competition program to strengthening EU competition laws in Romania through providing training for Romanian magistrates and editing Practitioners guide was a good example of civil society involvement. Also I've contributed to transposal of third Directive regarding antimony laundering into Romanian legislation with focus on PEPs.
Support for SMEs' effort to provide sustainability and social inclusion. I was create the Romanian Center for Integrity in Business (CIB) as a support resources center for corporate compliance. This work needs to be accomplished with full disclosure of final beneficial ownership.
Improvement of institutional framework and practices, through building up appropriate functions and objective in order to ensure good administration standards, public accountability and integrity is needed. Together with my TI-Romania team we've drafted an important amount of related legislation.
The professions regulation and development capacity support was promoted through both network platforms (integrity platforms for high education, health care, NGO sector) and regulation (Legal aid law adopted in 2008). Protection of whistleblowers it has to be transposed in EU regulatory framework to cover workers’ rights and to strengthen a robust compliance mechanism as well to contribute to heath of corporate sector.
Honest pricing based on fair competition and free of corruption and tax evasion in economic/trade practices is a key element of ensuring a functional, health and predictable single market with direct benefit for EU economy and consumers rights. Transparency in financial and corporate sector is one of main area of TI concerns.
Golden visa denial for foreign corrupt official and powerful business people along with an effective stolen asset recovery should be one of key emergent topics in EU regulatory work in order to meet its international commitments. Additionally shutdown of shield companies and beneficial owners register needs to be discussed by EU actors with European civil society.
As coordinator of TI Global Center for Justice transparency and accountability I can contribute to higher level of justice common space at EU level through promoting work to follow-up Stockholm program into future actions recommended by the Committee.
Structural funds are one of key instruments in shaping integration instruments and programs at EU member states. I can contribute to work on programing and budgetary measures on structural funds with my experience in participating in programing work (preliminary assessment for POCA (Operational Program Administrative Capacity 2014-2020) drafting work or monitoring work as member in Monitoring Committee for Human Capital Operational Program (both financed from ESF) as well as managing three strategic projects financed from structural funds. Financial regulations and compliance, integrity and effectiveness are the main challenges for involved institutions in share management system (ECA, OLAF, DG Employment, DG Regio, and National authorities along with management authorities).
In the past 12 years I was involved in policy work (analysis and design) in the area of home affairs, transparency of financial flows, good governance and development (TA contracts with focus on transitional justice/judicial reforms). The approach I see in my work within Committee is based on experience in International NGO and Academic environment: integration of various perspectives, mediate between options, evidence based advocacy, balance between objectives and calendar, stick to research questions to reveal relevant talking points and conclusions.